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[forsaken1111]

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[Toaster]

This is fascinating.  If this had come out when I was in bachelor life, I would have already ordered a month's worth.  As is, posting to watch, certainly.  Really interested in the chronicles of B12ers on this!

[forsaken1111]

I have been researching it a bit. Looks like new orders of the 'real' soylent are delayed 2-3 months so I have been looking at trying some of the DIY recipes.

[Sheb]

Yeah, I'll try one of the DIY recipes. Probably starting in a week or so, when I don't need to go to classes anymore and any farting isn't an issue anymore.

[forsaken1111]

Yeah, I'll try one of the DIY recipes. Probably starting in a week or so, when I don't need to go to classes anymore and any farting isn't an issue anymore.

I'm still deciding but I will probably start with the people chow and alter to taste. Planning to divide it into 4 portions and do 4 'meals' through the day in blender bottles. I'll order enough for 6-7 days and see how it works.

Let me know how your experiment goes as well!

[Sheb]

Yeah, that's the recipe I had in mind too. I might tweak it a bit, because I'm not sure where to find cheap masa harina here.

[forsaken1111]

Yeah, that's the recipe I had in mind too. I might tweak it a bit, because I'm not sure where to find cheap masa harina here.

I'm planning to drop a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon in and lessen the salt a bit but I'm going to make it to recipe first to try it.

[Bauglir]

Okay, as I'm too interested to wait for a reasonable delivery time (and Soylent's new site design is literally unusable for me, for reasons I can't figure out; even disabling ScriptSafe entirely does nothing to help it function), I've tried my hand at DIY, basing my strategy on People Chow. Since this is an experiment, I went for cheapest absolute prices instead of cheapest prices per unit, which means I'm basically drinking down a mixture by volume (I lack a scale) of 12 parts corn masa to 2 parts whey protein to 1 part oil with a bit of salt (probably should use more oil, I was worried about overshooting). Then following up with a fistful of vitamin pills. This actually isn't half bad, although it does need some extra flavoring. Definitely does need some time to sit and absorb the water, and next time I'll mix it in a blender or something to reduce the clumping I got on the bottom of this bottle.

This experiment has more to do with whether the stuff is tolerable, rather than effective - I wouldn't recommend having only this for every meal for a long stretch of time. If it works out, I'll order a proper scale and bulk ingredients so that I can get things ratio'd properly. More information as time passes, I suppose.

[Moghjubar]

... I just briefly considered doing calorimeter experiments to test my extra-crispy bacon.  HALP Soylent, get here quicker!

[Bauglir]

A can of soup is great as an additive (replacing some water) if you're in the mood for something savory, but costs about as much as the rest of the ingredients put together, so is probably not a sustainable thing.

[forsaken1111]

Ordered the ingredients for my DIY soylent. I'm doing the people chow while the wife is more interested in the 'chocolate silk'. Will report results when it all arrived.

[forsaken1111]

I would try this and get some, but money isn't great, and I'm living with my parents.

The initial outlay is steep in some cases but the daily cost for these is much lower than normal food.

[Descan]

Since I'm going to university I might pick this up, in an attempt to keep my mind sharp.

Otherwise, I'm in the same position as GreatOrder.

[BurnedToast]

I would try this and get some, but money isn't great, and I'm living with my parents.

The initial outlay is steep in some cases but the daily cost for these is much lower than normal food.

$85 a week is almost double my normal grocery bill. Granted that's the most expensive way to order it, but even getting a subscription for the biggest order is still ~$60 a week, which is perhaps 33% more then a normal grocery bill (I normally spend $40 - $50 or so per week, for one person)

It's only cheaper if you buy lots of prepackaged meals and other processed garbage. If you buy staples and cook your own meals, real food is cheaper.

Price is actually my biggest problem with it. I wouldn't mind eating gloop all day every day, but I'm not going to pay extra to eat gloop instead of real food.

[Bauglir]

You might look into DIY versions, then. They've got the cost down to $3.50 a day (the soup is only half as expensive as everything put together, my memory failed me), which is a good deal better. The effort of assembly, however, reduces the efficiency advantage, since you're going to spend about as long as you would cooking a real meal pre-mixing all of your various powders.